Last year marked the 30th anniversary of 3CR, a community radio station established to provide a voice for those denied access to the mass media, particularly the working class, women, Indigenous people and the many community groups discriminated against in and by the mass media. Unlike almost all other media organisations in Australia, 3CR is genuinely owned by the community by the groups and individuals who broadcast, and by the people who listen to the station.
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James Brown treated rhythm like a mad scientist with test tubes full of chemicals always reinventing, trying new combinations and creating more powerful potions. Brown the Godfather of Soul, the Hardest-Working Man in Show Business, Mr Dynamite, Soul Brother No. 1, and the Minister of Super Heavy Funk died December 25 of congestive heart failure at the age of 73.
More than 30 Palestinians have been killed in the past month in violence between Fatah and Hamas that flared up after Fatah-aligned President Mahmoud Abbas called on December 17 for new presidential and legislative elections. Hundreds more have been wounded in the violence, which intensified in the Gaza Strip late last year and has now spread to the West Bank.
Fearless: Stories from Asian Women — In India, where the caste system has created apartheid-like discrimination, child labour is common and women have few rights. SBS, Friday, January 19, 3.30am.
Global Warming: Bush's Climate of Fear — In
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